Molasses Cakes

Ingredients

• molasses
• butter
• soda
• ginger
• cinnamon
• nutmeg
• 3 cups sifted flour
• buttermilk (or sour milk)
• 1 egg beaten very light
• 4 teaspoons, baking powder

Method

1. 1

   Bring molasses and butter to the boiling point, stir in soda, ginger, cinnamon, and nutmeg.

2. 2

   Remove from fire and add sifted flour and buttermilk alternately, add egg and baking powder.

3. 3

   Put in buttered and warmed small tins or on baking sheet.

4. 4

   Bake in moderate oven at 350° for fifteen minutes.

5. 5

   Makes twenty-four small cakes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Grange cook book and household guide (1940) by Bodenheimer, E. L. Mrs, page 20. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

cinnamon 1 egg beaten very light 3 cups sifted flour 4 teaspoons, baking powder Bring molasses and butter to the boiling point, stir in soda, ginger, cinna- mon, and nutmeg. Remove from fire and add sifted flour and buttermilk (or sour milk)

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